HAPPY CHEETAH READING REVIEW & FAQ

Our family has been trying out Happy Cheetah Reading Program and I am excited to answer your FAQ, share the pros, and cons of the program as well. If you find this helpful feel free to share.
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[@t.lacegrills2060]

I'd love to see a walk-through for each book and a video of you doing a lesson with kids at different levels!

[@LifeintheMundane]

T. Lace Grills great I will add that to my list

[@LifeintheMundane]

Next week I will have a walk through of the pre workbook and a do a lesson with my daughter.

[@SusanEvans]

"Reading is one of those areas where I feel like it's a good investment because reading affects every other subject." I agree.

[@LifeintheMundane]

Yes I am all about saving money and getting good deals but this is so important I just view it as an investment in their future.

[@EricaLucasLoves]

I love that you can use this to hit many parts of language arts. Spelling, writing, and reading.

[@LifeintheMundane]

Yes for my youngest who is using it I am excited that it will cover all of the Language Arts so all I have to add is Math, Science, History, and Bible.

[@LivingWithEve]

This is such a beautiful flip through. Thanks for introducing me to this curriculum.

[@LifeintheMundane]

Sure thing. I’m glad to share.

[@SevenInAll]

This is a really thorough review! Thank you so much for talking about your experience with this program. Your story about how things are finally clicking with capital letters and when to use them appropriately..I can very much understand that type of struggle with one of ours right now.

[@LifeintheMundane]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.

[@FieldsFullHouse]

This curriculum looks great! You did a great chop reviewing it!

[@LifeintheMundane]

Thanks so much!

[@PenniesAndSalt]

This sounds great Katie! This is a great review!

[@LifeintheMundane]

Thanks. I’m really glad I’m getting to use this and share it.

[@TeresaLippyhomeschoolprimer]

This is the first time hearing about Happy Cheetah. I wish this was around when my boys were younger.

[@LifeintheMundane]

I know right?? I was so excited to see something so new and fresh especially after hitting a wall.

[@dollycook9121]

Hi Katie! I am a new subscriber. I just found your unboxing of the Happy Cheetah and this review video. I am looking into LA curriculum for my 2nd grader next year. We did All About Reading Level 1 last year and it was fine, but it didn't work on spelling, writing or grammar. We also did some Explode the Code level 2 (skipping some of the free writing). My son is also on the Spectrum and struggles with writing and some letter sounds. We haven't started really started grammar yet but this program sounds interesting. I would love to see your son doing a lesson!

[@LifeintheMundane]

Awesome I am planning to do a "Lesson with me Video" coming up in July. It has been so helpful for my son on the spectrum and very different then AAR but in a good way for him. I hope that video will help.

[@TheseDays]

This looks like a great curriculum! I’ve never heard of it! I really like those cards for making sentences. Thanks for sharing!

[@LifeintheMundane]

You are so welcome!

[@leilani9130]

I love the switch up, busy day, light day, reading day, spelling day. We are still struggling with b and d reversal.

[@LifeintheMundane]

It’s such a tough concept for kids.

[@EverydayBlessings]

I haddent heard of happy cheetah before this. It sounds great!

[@LifeintheMundane]

It's so good! I am glad I could introduce you to it.

[@mommyonthemove25]

great follow up review. Happy Cheetah looks like a great program.

[@LifeintheMundane]

It is! I am glad you liked it.

[@HoloHoloAdventures]

Thank you for sharing about this. I'm always looking for ways to help my daughter as she struggles with reading.

[@LifeintheMundane]

Glad it was helpful!

[@simplejoyfilledliving]

Great review!

[@LifeintheMundane]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@nicolestanyer2975]

This is such a great review.

[@LifeintheMundane]

Thanks. I am glad it was helpful.

[@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable]

"I was about to lose my mind!" 😂 (about capitals all over the place in writing) I love your explanation of everything! Very thorough! So glad it's working!

[@LifeintheMundane]

Jerilyn Shackelford yes I know it makes me so crazy lol 😂 I’m glad we are finally having a break through on it. Glad you enjoyed the review

[@tinakenny.777]

Thank you for this! Do you know if they ever have sales? 🙂

[@LifeintheMundane]

I don't know for sure but they have great customer service and I am sure they would be quick to respond

[@Katie-wn3kg]

I just want to say that your channel has been such a blessing!! I have an older child with dyslexia and a younger one who I foresee will also have neurodiverse learning. We have religiously done AAR and AAS with my older child who will be going into level 4. However, my younger one going into Kinder this year really struggles with blending and the automaticity needed to begin AAR level 1. I actually did the AAR pre-k with him and hoped he’d be ready for AAR level 1. He also went through before explode the code A, B, and C. I’m desperate to find something that will work for him….I believe he is a more visual learner….any brilliant curriculum suggestions…do you think this might be a better fit than AAR? I’ve entertained the Dianne Craft Right Brian learner…Help please :)

[@Katie-wn3kg]

I just saw your other video where you compared the two AAR and Happy Cheetah! Exactly what I needed! I’m going to get Happy Cheetah for him. If you have any other suggestions would love them. He is a “resistant” learner 😂

[@amies8203]

Great video! How well is it working for your daughter as a learn-to-read program?

[@LifeintheMundane]

It has been a really good fit so far she is almost done with the pre reading workbook and so we are not yet into book 1 but so far so good once she gets a little further I will be updating but I have been impressed with how well she is picking up on new information.

[@weldonkatietuck7851]

Thank you for the walk through, im in a panic because I started my daughter with sing spell read and write, now they aren't published anymore im trying to figure out what to switch to. She is like your son and easley overwhelmed. Thank you again

[@LifeintheMundane]

Happy to help

[@michelleagyemang868]

Did you end up getting through all of happy cheetah? How long does a lesson usually take compared to all about reading?

[@LifeintheMundane]

We went through the first 3 books (pre reading, book 1, book 2) it was a while back and I want to say it was 15-20min here is a sample lesson I did a while back kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWeoZa2Prd2leac

[@michelleagyemang868]

@@LifeintheMundane thank you!

[@t.lacegrills2060]

How many lessons are in each book? Do you feel like there's an avenue for extra practice for a child who needs significantly more repetitions than average to learn?

[@LifeintheMundane]

There are 90 lessons in lesson one. There is a lot of repetition built in but if your child needs more there are so many ways you could do that especially with practicing the readers more, working with the letter tiles, and playing the games with the flash cards.

[@l.n4211]

Does the cheetah program go over every sound a letter makes? For example the 3 sounds “a” makes…2 sounds “g” makes? Or does it present only the one way to sound each letter? I’m looking into Logic of English vs Cheetah.

[@LifeintheMundane]

I know for a fact it shares more then one sound of A as far as if it present all the sounds I’m not a 100% sure as we have not finished the program yet but you could shoot them an email. They are very quick to respond and very helpful.

[@sheriknowlton4422]

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing these videos. Do you happen to know how many lessons are in the last book meant for Grade 2?

[@LifeintheMundane]

Book 4 has 112 lessons

[@sheriknowlton4422]

@@LifeintheMundane Thank you so much. We just started with Happy Cheetah 1st grade and planning for when I need to order the last book.

[@funnyshirl06]

Approximately how long do your children spend on this curriculum each day? (I recognizing that you have an older son using this, who may have a longer attention span than a kindergartner, but I'm curious approx. how long the lessons take.)

[@LifeintheMundane]

Maximum 20min but probably closer to 10-15min it is very doable. My video on Wednesday will be showing everyone a walk through of a lesson if that helps!!!

[@lizb994]

I was looking on the website and I see that they sell the workbook separately but not other items. I already a lot of thing that come in the package such as dry erase board, letter titles, and dry erase letters. I don't see a point in buying those again. Do you know if they will start selling the readers and game cards separately also?

[@LifeintheMundane]

I don’t know but I would highly recommend sending an email to their customer service because there very quick to respond!

[@faithfullyinfertile]

I would love to know if your kids completed through level 4 and what the result was. I just purchased this curriculum for my son who has severe developmental delays (almost 10 at K level). I am hoping this is going to be the key to get him reading.

[@LifeintheMundane]

I did the pre reading, level 1, & 2 but stopped after that due to the fact that my child started tutoring where he was not to complete other reading programs while doing the tutoring.

[@faithfullyinfertile]

@@LifeintheMundane did you see any results after doing pre level, 1 and 2?

[@LifeintheMundane]

@@faithfullyinfertile yes we saw some great results

[@faithfullyinfertile]

@@LifeintheMundane 👍👍🥰

[@bb15027]

I’ve been curious about this program, great review! My son will be going into 3rd and is on the spectrum, we currently do abeka for language arts, it’s a lot but I do like the phonics focus. Do you feel happy cheetah covers enough for spelling to not need to supplement? It sounds like I would just need to supplement for language?

[@LifeintheMundane]

Yeah spelling wise I felt it was sufficient personally.

[@jennythomas3985]

How does it teach reading without doing phonics? I'm just about to start kindergarten/1st grade and I am so nervous about reading because I was never taught phonics and I don't know how to sound out bigger words so I always thought that I need to teach phonics. I'm really not feeling explode the Code materials that I bought for my 2 kids who are at the same level of reading and I love this review so I would like your wisdom. I want my kids to love reading because it took me a long time to fall in love with reading and I was also never good in spelling or grammar and I am determined to get my kids to a better place than I am.

[@LifeintheMundane]

So I honestly don't know the "official" answer but the way I have seen it work is that it has so much repetition that it takes the work out of reading for kids and then with sequencing they build on the skills till they introduce harder and harder words and concepts. They do teach blends and things like that in the later books so it builds for sure. I love that they are so intentional about adding to what they already know. They cycle in new info mixed with old constantly until you don't even realize how far you have come. Sorry that is so not a "pretty" answer but the website might give more official answers. happycheetah.com/?LifeintheMundane

[@jennythomas3985]

@@LifeintheMundane would you suggest explode the Code or happy cheetah for children who are typical they are 3 and 4 and very eager to read and I so want that to continue

[@Reenie823]

Do you happen to have a discount code? I'm going to order the whole system...

[@LifeintheMundane]

Unfortunately I don’t. I’m sorry.

[@thetate6pack]

Thank you for sharing about this! We do TGTB with my older 2 boys my third one did great with pre-k & primer k and level k was way to much he will be 7 this summer so I even waited a year but this past year we have been doing crafty classroom read program, which was a better fit but he still is struggling. He does seem to do much better with sight words than phonics he flips a lot if letters all the time, Do you recommend just ordering level k happy cheetah and going through fast what he already knows? How did you decide where to start? I don’t know how familiar you are with TGTB but Do you think if we don’t do TGTB level 1 he will miss to much grammar?

[@LifeintheMundane]

I know of The Good and the beautiful but have never looked inside so I can’t speak to how it would fit with that but they do have placement tests online for happy cheetah that can help you place your child in the right spot.

[@DanielaNoel143]

Do you have a flip through of "second grade"?

[@LifeintheMundane]

I don’t but I might be able to do that this year

[@BrandiXo]

So you have a 4th grader and using book 1? I have 4th grader so was looking what would be best.

[@LifeintheMundane]

Yes that is what he needed it turns out he is severely dyslexic and has an auditory processing issue. Where your 4th grader should be will depend heavily on where they are at.

[@BrandiXo]

@@LifeintheMundane ok so what do you suggest for reader with problems reading and hates it? I hate it that my child hates reading. I love it.

[@tamijoysisemore659]

Is there a reason you would have to do more than one lesson a day?

[@LifeintheMundane]

No doing one lesson a day would be perfectly fine we doubled up because we were using it with my older remedial reader and so he could handle doing more pages at a time.

[@freelandtr]

My understanding is that it’s supposed to be done one lesson per day with 24 hours between for full benefits.

[@mariacovarrubias6150]

Is this program secular or religious?

[@LifeintheMundane]

It’s is neutral no religious mention at all

[@tamijoysisemore659]

What other reading curriculum were you using?

[@LifeintheMundane]

All about reading was what we switched from. I should say AAR is working great for two of my other kids so it’s not that one is better then the other but more just what fits that child’s needs better.

[@tamijoysisemore659]

All about reading finally helped my son. He is 13 with significant delays. They said he might never read. We have gone very slow with accommodations and he is now sounding out CVC words! I’m so excited! I watched this thinking I might supplement with it when we are slowing down the AAR. He is on level 1 lesson 14 I believe when we start back this year aug 10. Do,you think they would work well together in that way?

[@LifeintheMundane]

I have never thought of that before but it could be a neat way to use it. I will have a video coming out in August about the differences and similarities of the two programs

[@tamijoysisemore659]

@@LifeintheMundane cant wait!

[@LifeintheMundane]

I made the video comparing the two and I hope it helps kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHzIaIJsnsupnq8